If you thought fake news was a problem, Amanda Bynes wants you to know that fake social media accounts are also an unbeatable epidemic.
The former Nickelodeon star has sent multiple legal letters to Twitter and Instagram demanding they shut down accounts that impersonate the actress and encourage fans to send “Amanda” money!
Tamar Arminak, Amanda’s attorney, tells TMZ they’ve been fighting Twitter for years to shut down the account @persianLA27, which regularly tells its over 24,000 followers that “Amanda” is short on money she needs to buy medications.
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The other imposter, @alb4386, recently wrote an Instagram post claiming she’s $63 short from buying meds and needs fans to Venmo her more money.
The real Amanda has been telling her followers not to believe the imposters, calling out the fake accounts on her verified account. She’s tweeted over the past few years:
I don’t know why some people use my photos or try to pose as me, but they do.
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) August 24, 2016
I really wish Twitter would take the account in question down, I’m not sure why they are refusing to do so.
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) August 24, 2016
I am not @persianla27. I am not getting married and I am not pregnant. I don’t understand why twitter won’t take @persianla27 down.
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) February 14, 2017
I have asked repeatedly. This person continues to impersonate and harass me and twitter needs to take the account down.
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) February 14, 2017
I repeat: I am not @persianla27. She got into my private instagram somehow and took all my photos and videos.
— amanda bynes (@amandabynes) February 15, 2017
Ugh. So frustrating!
Unlike the fakes have been claiming she’s broke and pregnant, Amanda is doing financially well and thriving in fashion school.
Her attorney, who thinks the same person is behind both fakes, says Twitter told them the account is a parody and therefore doesn’t violate rules. Instagram allegedly told Tamar that it doesn’t violate their policy either.
Uh… a fake account asking fans for money is no parody — that’s an actual scam. Why are the social sites allowing this to happen? Hasn’t Amanda suffered enough!?
[Image via Twitter.]
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